mobaz
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Post by mobaz on Feb 8, 2020 9:59:20 GMT -5
He still should have been given a budget for now and the future. And if he wasn't operating within it, he should have lost free reign power.
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Post by soxjim on Feb 8, 2020 13:47:14 GMT -5
I struggle with the Comp Balance Tax issue. On the one hand, no good business man sets himself up to pay extra money he doesn't have to. On the other hand, the 2019 Sox tax was $13.4 million. The Sox have been averaging $80M in profits the last few years, so we're talking now only making $67M in profit and that's not really a penalty for fielding consistent World Series favorites. That all being said, if the Red Sox decided to just say "Screw You" to the tax and just outspent everyone and continually went over the tax, not only would other owners/teams hate us, but it would likely result in either harsher penalties or an actual hard cap. As much as we wall like to think we know what it takes to run a half billion dollar company, there's tons of behind the scenes happenings and politics that are just as important to the organization as a whole as signing a new first baseman. So maybe it would be easy to just sign Mookie, keep Price, go over the tax again, and boohoo John Henry only gets to line his pocket with $60M instead of $80M. But do you really think Major League Baseball is just going to let us keep doing that? As for the draft picks, I honestly see that as a far secondary penalty, because if you commit to outspend everyone you can absorb having weaker draft classes. I'm with you for the most part. For one thing I can't believe the Player's Union agreed to the CBA. Me and few friends said it when first signed, thought it was bad for the players because it penalized too much the big market big spending teams. I know some will disagree with the word "penalize" but in fact they do look to go under the 1st threshold every 3 years just as we thought they would. There is a penalty even if it is slight. Secondly, as you say about business men- they are in it to make money. I tend to doubt anyone suggesting they know how to make more money than these billionaires. Maybe the losing ones. Anyhow, it's not my money. The owners have a right to maximize money in their pockets. As a fan I have a right to be pissed about it and show it in ways that would lessen my purchasing merchandise, going to games, or viewing them. This year I'll probably do that. As for the draft picks vs outspending. Yes you can do that but the spending better be hits. Otherwise the owner is simultaneously losing more money.
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